Mission Statement
The primary mission of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program is to provide fellows with the training to become leaders in surgical critical care and to improve access to highly specialized surgical critical care specialty physicians in the state of Arkansas.
Program Overview
Melissa Kost, M.D., FACS
Program Director
Email: mrkost@uams.edu
Carol Ann Crowley
Program Coordinator
Email: massanellicarola@uams.edu
The Department of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences offers a one year ACGME-accredited fellowship in surgical critical care.
Positions
One approved position annually
Prerequisites
- Qualified applicants include surgical residents on track to complete their training prior to the start of fellowship.
- Applicant training may be in the following specialties: General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Urology
- Exceptional candidates who have completed three years of General Surgery Residency training will be considered.
History
The Surgical Critical Care Program was started in 2017 at UAMS, a large tertiary referral center and the only ACS Verified Level 1 Trauma Center in the state.
Opportunities
- ECMO education, cannulation and management
- Optional Trauma call
- Sponsored annual national meeting attendance
- Flexible training experience
Available Rotations
- Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- Burn Surgery/ Intensive Care Unit
- Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
- Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Neurological Intensive Care Unit
- Interventional Radiology
- Trauma Surgery
- Emergency General Surgery
- Ultrasound
- Anesthesia
Additional Training
- Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) Course
- Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) Course
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor Course
- Intra- and Extrathoracic Rib plating Course
- Systems Based Practice Elective